Mr. Speaker. the sentencing last week of Viktor Brailovsky marks an alltime low in Soviet compliance with the Helsinki accords. Dr. Brailovsky. a Soviet refusenik scientist. and his family have been seeking permission from Soviet authorities to emigrate to Israel where his brother lives. The fact that the Brailovsky family requests for exit permits have been denied for 9 years is in blatant violation of the Helsinki accords. Now. the Soviets have taken that violation one step further in sentencing him to internal exile. probably in Siberia. for speaking out in support of the rights protected by the Helsinki accords.
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